{"id":55,"date":"2017-08-17T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2017-08-17T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T17:48:29","slug":"courses-taught","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/courses-taught\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I teach the following courses at Palomar College:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Science 100 &#8211; Introduction to Political Science<\/strong><br \/>\nIntroduction to the scope and methods of political science; basic political concepts<br \/>\nand policies; comparative government institutions, stressing the United States; an<br \/>\noverview of political theories, international politics, and political economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Science 101 &#8211; Introduction to Politics and American Political Institutions<\/strong><br \/>\nA study of the development of American political institutions, the basic features of<br \/>\nthe Constitution, and major court interpretations that affect our lives today. Special<br \/>\nattention will be given to evolution of political rights and individual liberties,<br \/>\nthe electoral process and fundamental concepts of democracy, liberty, diversity,<br \/>\nand equality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Science 102 &#8211; Introduction to United States and California Governments<\/strong><br \/>\nAn examination of the US Constitution as it relates to the major institutions<br \/>\nof government: the Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. It also<br \/>\nemphasizes social, economic, and foreign policy so that students will have an<br \/>\nunderstanding of the issues they face in the contemporary era. California history<br \/>\nand government, another course component, will be compared and contrasted to<br \/>\nthe national political system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Science 120 &#8211; California Government<\/strong><br \/>\nIntended for students who have completed the American History and Institutions<br \/>\nrequirements for the A.A. Degree or CSU General Education, but have not met<br \/>\nthe California Constitution requirement. Organization and operation of California<br \/>\nstate and local government. Stress upon citizen participation in the decision<br \/>\nmaking process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I teach the following courses at Palomar College: Political Science 100 &#8211; Introduction to Political Science Introduction to the scope and methods of political science; basic political concepts and policies; comparative government institutions, stressing the United States; an overview of political theories, international politics, and political economy. Political Science 101 &#8211; Introduction to Politics and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/courses-taught\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Political Science Classes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Sp7b-T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/jzacharias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}